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common toad

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Also known as Bufo bufo, European toad, toad

species of amphibian

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The common toad (*Bufo bufo*) is a species of amphibian belonging to the family Bufonidae. It is classified within the order Anura, class Amphibia, and phylum Chordata. The species was described by Linnaeus in 1758 and is also known by the synonym *Bufo spinosus*. Its parent taxon is *Bufo*.

The common toad inhabits freshwater environments. The IUCN Red List assessed its conservation status as Least Concern in 2023. The taxon is recognized as accepted by the World Register of Marine Species.

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Species

Least Concern

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Species

  1. PhylumChordata
  2. ClassAmphibia
  3. OrderAnura
  4. FamilyBufonidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations99,974

Die Erdkröte (Bufo bufo) ist ein häufiger und im paläarktischen Raum weit verbreiteter Froschlurch aus der Gattung der Echten Kröten innerhalb der Familie der Kröten (Bufonidae). Nach heutiger Auffassung handelt es sich wahrscheinlich nicht um eine einheitliche biologische Art, sondern um einen Komplex mehrerer Taxa, deren genaue systematische Stellung und Abgrenzung derzeit unklar ist. In der Erstbeschreibung nannte Carl von Linné die Art zunächst Rana bufo, ordnete sie also als „Frosch“ in der Gattung Rana ein. Die Erdkröte wurde von der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Herpetologie und Terrarienkunde zum Lurch des Jahres 2012 gekürt.

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Encyclopedic overview

The common toad, also known as European toad or simply the toad in Anglophone parts of Europe (Bufo bufo, from Latin bufo "toad"), is a toad found throughout most of Europe (excluding Iceland, parts of Scandinavia, and some Mediterranean islands), western North Asia and a small part of Northwest Africa. It belongs to a group of closely related species descended from a common ancestral line of toads and forming a species complex. The toad is an inconspicuous animal, usually lying hidden during the day. It becomes active at dusk, hunting the invertebrates on which it feeds at night. It moves with a slow, ungainly walk or by jumping short distances, and has greyish-brown skin covered with wart-like lumps.

Although toads are usually solitary animals, large numbers of them converge on certain breeding ponds during the breeding season, where the males compete to mate with the females. The females lay their eggs in gelatinous strings in the water, which later hatch into tadpoles. After several months of growth and development, the tadpoles sprout limbs and undergo metamorphosis to become tiny toads. The juveniles then leave the water and remain largely terrestrial for the rest of their lives.

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